State v. Lett

DOUGLAS W. GREENE, Special Judge.

Andrew Lett was jury-convicted of second degree murder, § 565.021 RSMo Supp. 1984, and armed criminal action, § 571.015 RSMo 1978, and thereafter sentenced, as a persistent offender, to thirty year concurrent prison terms for each of the two offenses.

The facts in evidence most favorable to the state’s case are that late in the evening of November 22, 1984, Lett and his cousin, Marshall Jones, had an argument over money Jones owed Lett. Lett brought a .22 caliber sawed-off rifle to the scene of the argument, but gave it to Jones’ stepbrother, Patrick Harmon, to…